Social and Environmental Correlates of Childhood Obesity Among Southern California Communities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to identify key childhood obesity correlates in Southern California by analyzing individual components from four social determinants of health (SDoH) indices and explore their interactions.

Methods

We utilized publicly available data from 330 cities across 10 counties, incorporating childhood obesity rates from the 2019 California Department of Education Physical Fitness Test (684,419 children, 40% Latino). Fifty-two individual SDoH were obtained from the Healthy Places Index, Social Vulnerability Index, CalEnviroScreen, and Child Opportunity Index (2015-2019). Weighted quantile sum regression and an interpretable machine-learning tool were used to identify which individual SDoH were significantly associated with childhood obesity.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Descarpentrie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12507342 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature